Global Patent Index - EP 3063533 B1

EP 3063533 B1 20220330 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE INSPECTION OF CONTAINED MATERIALS

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE INSPECTION OF CONTAINED MATERIALS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR INSPEKTION VON ENTHALTENEN MATERIALIEN

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL D'INSPECTION DE MATIÈRES CONTENUES

Publication

EP 3063533 B1 20220330 (EN)

Application

EP 14796539 A 20141028

Priority

  • GB 201318998 A 20131028
  • GB 2014053198 W 20141028

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2015063464A1] A method for the inspection of contained flowable materials within containers, such as detecting an explosive liquid in a luggage, and an apparatus for performing the method are described. The method includes the steps of: - performing a radiation scan, using X-rays or Gamma rays, of a target item container of contained flowable material in a radiation scanning system to derive a spatially distributed and spectroscopically resolved measured dataset of the intensity of radiation emergent from the target item; - considering the spatially distributed and spectroscopically resolved dataset of transmitted radiation intensity to be nominally determined in accordance with a relationship: [Ο] • [δ] = [λ] where the operators [δ] and [λ] definie, respectively, physical parameters describing the liquid and the container and the system response and the operator [Ο] defines the relationships between the system response and the liquid and container parameters; - numerically processing the measured dataset by operator inversion in order to derive a best fit solution of: [δ] = [Ο]- 1 • [λ]; and - using that derived solution to determine the threat status of the target item.

IPC 8 full level

G01N 23/10 (2018.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01N 23/10 (2013.01 - EP US); G01V 5/22 (2024.01 - US); G01N 23/083 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2223/305 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2223/636 (2013.01 - US); G01N 2223/637 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2223/638 (2013.01 - US); G01N 2223/639 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2223/643 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2015063464 A1 20150507; EP 3063533 A1 20160907; EP 3063533 B1 20220330; GB 201318998 D0 20131211; US 10852257 B2 20201201; US 2016238543 A1 20160818

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2014053198 W 20141028; EP 14796539 A 20141028; GB 201318998 A 20131028; US 201415024284 A 20141028